| Recipient | Citation |
|---|
| Councillor Barbara Helen Abley | For service to local government and regional development, particularly through the Geelong Region Alliance, and to the community through a range of aged care, disability, health and service organisations. |
| For service to urban design, town planning and architecture through the implementation of programs, projects and policies that have transformed the City of Melbourne. |
| Robert James Aitken | For service to the community through a range of roles with Rotary and to sporting organisations in coaching and administrative roles. |
| Sauro Antonelli | For service to the community through a range of roles with Rotary and to sporting organisations in coaching and administrative roles. |
| Terrey Philip Arcus | For service to the community through advisory roles with major cultural organisations and philanthropic support for health, education and art organisations. |
| Gaynor Marjorie Austen | For service to library and information management, particularly through the integration and management of new and evolving resources available in university libraries, and executive roles with a range of professional associations. |
| Kareena Eileen Ballard | For service to workforce training and development in the construction and property services sector, to the real estate profession, and to the community. |
| Clyde Ian Barclay | For service to the building and construction industry through the improvement of training programs for apprentices and trainees in the industry in Queensland, and through executive roles with a range of organisations. |
| Professor Bryanne Waldie Barnett | For service to psychiatry and to the community through research and the development of intervention programs and services in the areas of infant, child, adolescent and maternal mental health and well-being, and to professional organisations. |
| Professor Sydney Malcolm Bell | For service to medicine, particularly through the development and maintenance of public sector pathology services and the provision of expert advice to a range of health organisations, and to medical research and education. |
| For service to the community through a range of roles with organisations that support people with cancer, particularly Breast Cancer Network Australia. |
| Dr Kerry John Breen | For service to medicine through the advancement of medical ethics and professional standards of training and practice and to the speciality of gastroenterology as a clinician and teacher. |
| For service to the Australian Parliament, particularly in the area of transport policy, to the community of the Hunter Region through local government, heritage and sporting organisations, and to economics education. |
| Ruth Elizabeth Bunyan | For service to education through the Invergowrie Foundation, the Council of International Schools, and as Principal of Strathcona Baptist Girls Grammar School. |
| Ross Murdoch Bunyon | For service to commerce and industry in New South Wales through the management and reform of government business enterprises, and to the community through the Christian Brethren Church. |
| Dr James Michael Butler | For service to medicine in the field of dermatology, particularly through the establishment of the Skin and Cancer Foundation, and to the Australasian College of Dermatologists. |
| Mary Cameron | For service to the legal profession and to the community through significant contributions to the early development of family law, women's legal rights and the role of women in the law. |
| Philip Marcus Clark | For service to the legal profession and business, particularly through the development of national law firms and encouraging corporate involvement in community programs. |
| For service to the Australian Parliament and to the community through a range of cultural and environmental roles and contributions to public discussion and debate. |
| Roger Anthony Cook | For service to business in the areas of property consultancy and development and to the community of South Australia through contributions to a range of infrastructure, tourism and sporting organisations. |
| Professor George Henry Cooney | For service to secondary education, particularly through contributions to scholarship, research and policy development in the areas of curriculum, educational testing, and standards based assessment. |
| Gregory Rolph Copley | For service to the international community through strategic research and analysis of economic, social, political, security and environmental conditions to assist decision making agencies. |
| John Francis Corboy | For service to the agricultural sector, particularly the fruit growing and processing industries, and to the community of the Goulburn Valley. |
| Professor Anthony Douglas (Tony) Cousins | For service to literary studies as an academic, author and international specialist in the field of early modern British literature. |
| Marilyn Kay Craddock | For service to the antiquarian book trade, to professional associations and promotion of the industry in Australia and internationally, and to small business through contributions to the advancement of the City of Melbourne. |
| For service to sport, particularly through executive roles with the Commonwealth and Olympic Games organisations, and to basketball as a competitor at national and international levels. |
| James Anderson Darling | For service to conservation and the environment, particularly through the development of sustainable land management practices, to the arts, and to the community of Keith. |
| Anthony William Darvall | For service to the legal profession, to sustainable urban and transport infrastructure development in Victoria, and to the community. |
| For service to science, particularly the disciplines of physics, cosmology and astrobiology, as an educator, author and public commentator. |
| Professor Patrick de Deckker | For service to science through research and teaching in the areas of palaeoclimate studies, salination and climate change, and through the initiation and support of international scientific collaboration. |
| Arthur Edwin Delbridge | For service to business and commerce, particularly in the areas of public relations and annual reporting, and to the community through charitable organisations. |
| Ibrahim Hussein Dellal | For service to the Islamic and Turkish communities, particularly through the establishment of educational facilities and settlement programs for migrants, and to the promotion of interfaith dialogue. |
| Ian William Donaldson | For service to the community through the development of leukaemia support foundations, to philanthropic and church organisations, and to business and commerce. |
| Dr Christina Margaret Drummond | For service to public health in the field of communicable disease control, particularly through international humanitarian aid programs. |
| Dr David Geoffrey Dufty | For service to education, particularly through contributions to social and cultural education curriculum development and implementation in New South Wales schools, and to the community of the Bouddi Peninsula area. |
| For service to education, particularly in the fields of organisational change, corporate sustainability and business management, and to the community. |
| Peter Douglas Eastwood | For service to accountancy through roles with private and public sector agencies, and to the community of Perth through educational and research organisations. |
| Margaret Ursula Eldridge | For service to the community through organisations that provide assistance to international students, migrants and refugees, and to the promotion of multiculturalism and cultural awareness. |
| Dr Evan Richard Everest | For service to the community through leadership and dedication in improving helicopter rescue services in South Australia, and to medicine, particularly in the area of critical care. |
| Dr Ralph Anthony (Tony) Fischer | For service to agricultural science in Australia and developing countries, particularly wheat research in the areas of grain yield and crop cultivation and management. |
| Professor Richard Hamilton Fisher | For service to the legal profession, to law reform in relation to insolvency and the protection of creditor rights, and to the community. |
| Gweneth Edith (Gwen) Fletcher | For service to the development of the financial planning industry through the establishment of national organisations and training and educational programs, and as a mentor to women in the finance industry. |
| Graeme Leslie Fordham | For service to youth, particularly through leadership roles in the development of the Scouting movement in New South Wales. |
| Professor Richard Mark Fox | For service to medicine in the areas of clinical oncology and research, to medical education and training, and through governance and leadership roles within professional organisations. |
| Michael John Frankel | For service to the law, particularly in the areas of cultural and intellectual property rights, to film and performing arts organisations, and to a range of media industry associations. |
| Professor Robert David Fraser | For service to medicine, particularly in the area of spinal surgery as a clinician, to medical education and research, and through contributions to a range of professional organisations. |
| Arthur John Garland | For service to the real estate industry through a range of executive roles with professional organisations, to the development of international relationships with property sector representatives, and to the community of Perth. |
| Professor Gina Malke Geffen | For service in the field of neuropsychology as a researcher and educator, to the development of professional standards in psychology teaching and practice, and as an advocate for people with a brain injury. |
| Professor Graeme Allan George | For service to science, particularly as a researcher in the area of polymer chemistry, through contributions to the development of new applications for biomedical and degradable plastics, and to the administration and promotion of science education. |
| Richard William Gibb | For service to people with an intellectual disability, particularly through executive roles with the Inala school; to the accountancy profession; and to education and youth organisations. |
| For service to literature as an author and as an advocate for the development of literacy and learning in schools, as a mentor to young writers, and through a range of executive roles with professional literary organisations. |
| Dr Dawn Theresa Goodwin | For service to education, particularly through contributions to tertiary, adult and community education, to the professional development of people working with youth, and to the Catholic Church in Australia. |
| John Wilson Gourlay | For service to the community as a philanthropist supporting charitable organisations, educational institutions and business ethics programs, and to the accountancy profession. |
| Maurice Green | For service to the community through fundraising and executive roles to support the rehabilitation programs of the Odyssey House McGrath Foundation. |
| Richard John Grellman | For service to the community, particularly through leadership roles with Mission Australia and fundraising with Variety, The Children's Charity, and to the finance and insurance sectors. |
| Associate Professor John Andrew Gullotta | For service to medicine through a range of executive roles with professional medical associations and as a general practitioner, and to the Italian community. |
| Charlie Gunabarra | For service to the Indigenous population of north central Arnhem land through the development and provision of culturally sensitive health services, particularly for men's health. |
| Jack Henry Harty | For service to the community through support for a range of health organisations, particularly the Mental Health Foundation of Australia, and to the legal profession. |
| Gerald (Gerry) Hatton | For service to business and commerce through the development, introduction and adoption of new technologies in the logistics and materials handling sector, and to industry training. |
| Naida Jean Haxton (Mrs Boddam-Whetham) | For service to the legal profession and to the judiciary, particularly as the Editor of the New South Wales Law Reports and as a practitioner and educator. |
| Anthony George Hodgson | For service to business, particularly through a range of executive roles in the finance sector, to the promotion and development of Rugby Union football, and to the horseracing industry. |
| For service to nursing and to the community through concern for the well-being of patients in the public health care system, and advocacy roles to improve standards of medical care. |
| For service to business through a range of executive roles in the finance sector, and to the development of financial planning and fundraising initiatives for cultural, medical and social welfare organisations. |
| Robert William (Hank) Jenkins | For service to wildlife conservation and management, particularly through contributions to the development of policies for sustainable international trade in wild fauna. |
| For service to education through archaeological research and the promotion and advancement of the study of Egyptology, and to the community. |
| Maxwell James (Max) Kimber | For service to engineering, through infrastructure and commercial development of the natural gas pipeline industry, and national and international contributions to technical and economic regulatory standards. |
| Malcolm Leslie Lamb | For service to education through executive roles with professional associations, the promotion of effective leadership in schools, and to the study of Asian languages. |
| Associate Professor Peter James Little | For service to people with diabetes, particularly through executive roles with Diabetes Australia, and to research into the vascular effects, treatment and prevention of the disease. |
| Adjunct Professor John Frederick McAuliffe | For service to the community particularly through executive roles in the areas of health care and public housing management, and to the property valuation industry. |
| Lawrence McCredie | For service to legal education, particularly in the areas of tertiary administration and teaching, and to the community through advocacy roles for people living with a disability. |
| For service to the Liberal Party of Australia, to the New South Wales Parliament, and to the transport industry. |
| William Raymond McIntosh | For service to conservation and the environment, particularly through the advancement of natural resource management practices and conservation initiatives, and to remote area communities in South Australia. |
| Associate Professor Stephen Edward McIntyre | For service to music as a concert pianist, teacher and supporter of young musicians, and through administrative roles with national and international music festivals and competitions. |
| Ian Melville McMaster | For service to the sugar and steel industries through a range of executive roles, to the development of capital investment initiatives, research and industry reform, and to the advancement of community, government and industry partnerships. |
| Sister Ailsa Mary MacKinnon | For service to the community through leadership roles in the Catholic education sector, to industrial and employment relations, and to the Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy, Parramatta. |
| Duncan Moir Malcolm | For service to conservation and the environment through executive roles with a range of natural resource management organisations, and to the community of East Gippsland. |
| Dr Anthony Francis Mariani | For service to medicine as a consultant physician in the fields of gastroenterology and internal medicine and through the development and promotion of preventive health care initiatives within the Italian community in Australia. |
| Reverend Barry Neil Martin | For service to the community through contributions to the social welfare services of the Anglican Church, to young people at risk, to pastoral care and the promotion of ecumenism. |
| Hellen Lesly Matthews | For service to the Indigenous communities of north central Arnhem land through the delivery of culturally sensitive primary and acute health care services, particularly for women and children. |
| David Arthur Miles | For service to the community through support for Australian innovation and research, to public policy development in the areas of trade, taxation and international relations, and to the legal profession. |
| Stephen Brian Millar | For service to the wine industry through a range of executive roles, to the advancement of the wine export market, professional development and industry reform, and to support for wetlands conservation. |
| For service to education in the field of Asian studies as an academic and author, and to international relations through the development of cross-cultural education and outreach activities. |
| Dr Mark Harold Moore | For service to medicine in the field of plastic, reconstructive and rehabilitation surgery, particularly through the provision of humanitarian specialist surgical services in East Timor and Indonesia, and to professional development and education. |
| Dr Keith Gordon Neill | For service to chemical science research, particularly through the development of innovative manufacturing applications in a range of areas, to professional development and to technical education. |
| Laurence Frederick O'Meara | For service to the tourism and hospitality industries, particularly through the development and promotion of industry standards and accreditation, and export opportunities for Western Australia, and to the community through arts and heritage organisations. |
| Graeme Alston Park | For service to youth, particularly through leadership roles in the development of the scouting movement in Victoria. |
| Susan Mary Pascoe | For service to education through a range of executive roles, particularly in the Catholic education sector, to curriculum policy development, to international relations through initiatives to provide opportunities and resources for educators in the Pacific region, and to the community. |
| For service to the planning, promotion, enhancement and development of Australia's national capital, and to architecture, particularly as a mentor to women in the profession. |
| Thomas Robin Phillips | For service to business through the automotive industry, and to the community. |
| Ronald George Pitcher | For service to business and commerce, particularly in the field of accountancy, and to the community through support for charitable organisations. |
| Allan George Pizzey | For service to business and commerce, particularly in the field of accountancy, and to the community through support for charitable organisations. |
| Hugh Henry Ralston | For service to engineering, particularly as a contributor to the advancement of innovative technology, to The Warren Centre for Advanced Engineering, and to the community. |
| Robert George (Rob) Ramjan | For service to the community in the area of mental health, and to the Schizophrenia Fellowship of New South Wales. |
| Thora Marie Regan | For service to women, particularly through the Catholic Women's League Australia, and to the community of Boorowa. |
| Timothy James Reid | For service to the Australian apple and cherry industries as a grower and exporter, particularly through international market development. |
| Peter Ronald Richardson | For service to the community in the area of employment through contributions to job network services and policies and to Mission Australia. |
| Reginald John Richardson | For service to the visual arts as a supporter, patron and collector, and to the community through a range of social welfare and medical research organisations. |
| Emeritus Professor Peter James Rimmer | For service to economic geography, and to urban and regional development in the Asia-Pacific Rim, particularly through research in the area of transport and communications systems. |
| Dr David Barry Rosenwax | For service to dentistry, particularly through the Australian Society of Implant Dentistry, and to the community. |
| Alastair Montgomery Ross | For service to forensic science, particularly as a contributor to the establishment and development of standards in the areas of quality, research, education and training. |
| Dr Leanne Rowe | For service to medicine, particularly in the field of adolescent and Indigenous health, and through executive positions with a range of professional health organisations. |
| Colin McDougall (Mac) Russell | For service to the electrical contracting sector as a contributor to its development and as a mentor and promoter of training programs. |
| Dr Ronald Lindsay Sandland | For service to science and technology, particularly in the area of research management and through contributions to the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation. |
| Professor Graham Patrick Seal | For service to the preservation and dissemination of Australian folklore, particularly through a range of academic, editorial and research roles. |
| Moira Edna Shannon | For service to the community through a range of organisations providing services to women, children and people with disabilities. |
| Dr Ruth Shatford | For service to education, particularly as Principal of Tara Anglican School for Girls and through participation in professional educational organisations. |
| Dr Albert Shun | For service to medicine as a paediatric surgeon, particularly in the areas of renal and liver transplantation. |
| Gemma Sisia | For service to the international community through the establishment and development of The School of St Jude in Arusha, Tanzania. |
| Dr Kevin H Siu | For service to medicine as a neurosurgeon and through contributions to a range of professional associations. |
| George Charles Smith | For service to politics, particularly through the Legislative Assembly of Norfolk Island, and to the community through organisations involved in youth welfare and broadcasting. |
| Professor Bruce Arthur Stone | For service to science, particularly in the field of biochemistry as a researcher, academic and administrator. |
| Josephine Gabriella Stone | For service to the community of the Northern Territory, and to the law. |
| For service to education as an academic and scholar in the field of Australian literature and poetry, and to a range of organisations involved in women's issues and industrial relations. |
| Graham Ralph Thompson | For service to the community of Adelaide, particularly through Crime Stoppers and the Noarlunga Farm Project for at risk youth. |
| For service to the entertainment industry as a musician, songwriter, producer, and as a contributor to the preservation and collection of contemporary Australian music. |
| Professor Geoffrey William Tregear | For service to scientific and medical research and through administrative roles within research institutions. |
| Fraser James Vickery | For service to conservation and the environment, to the development and promotion of ecotourism in South Australia, and to the Indigenous community. |
| For service to the community in the area of genealogy as a researcher, author and radio presenter, and through roles in family history organisations. |
| For service to architecture, design and building through involvement with a range of professional organisations, to the promotion of women in business, and to the community. |
| Professor Arthur Peter Vulcan | For service to the community as a contributor to accident and injury prevention in the field of road transport, and to people with intellectual disabilities. |
| Associate Professor Terry Richard Walton | For service to dentistry, particularly in the field of prosthodontics as a clinician and educator, and to a range of professional associations. |
| Kenneth Hammond Warriner | For service to the beef cattle industry, particularly in the areas of breeding, export and meat processing, and to rural project management. |
| Janet Barbara West | For service to the accountancy profession through the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, and to the community. |
| John Macarthur Wharton | For service to the community of north west Queensland through local government, regional development, natural resource management and primary industry organisations. |
| Professor Leslie White | For service to medicine in the field of paediatrics, to medical administration, and to the community through a range of organisations involved in child and adolescent cancer support. |
| Dr Gregory Neville Whitmore | For service to educational administration, particularly at the James Cook University, and to the community of Mackay through a range of service organisations. |
| Emeritus Professor David William Williams | For service to the arts as an educator and administrator. |
| John M R Wylie | For service to the investment banking and financial services industry, and to the community through sporting and medical organisations. | |
| Recipient | Citation | Notes |
|---|
| Eddy Marcel Abraham | For service to the community through migrant assistance, multicultural media programs, and activities supporting senior citizens. | [5] |
| Ronald Ryder Allen | For service to the welfare of veterans and their families, and to the international community through support for humanitarian aid programs. |
| Andrew Alwast | For service to the Polish community through a range of organisations, and to multiculturalism. |
| Simon Ernest Appel | For service to pharmacy through a range of professional organisations, and to the community. |
| John Robert Archer | For service to lawn bowls as a competitor and through executive roles. |
| John Lindsay Armitage | For service to the Australian Parliament, to the Australian Labor Party, and to the community. |
| Alison Laura Armstrong | For service to the community, particularly through organisations supporting war widows, veterans and their families. |
| Valerie Armstrong | For service to the community, particularly through the Cann River Pony Club and in the areas of religious education and support to children and youth. |
| John Joseph Arndold | For service to the development of the coal industry, particularly through research and education activities, and to the community. |
| Guy Templeton Baker | For service to the welfare of veterans and their families. |
| Robert Arthur (Bob) Baker | For service to youth through the Scouting movement, and to the sport of karting. |
| Arthur Charles Bale | For service to the community of Tweed Heads, particularly through church and aged care organisations. |
| Peter Edward Barclay | For service to the community through support for a range of charitable organisations, and to business. |
| Shelley Barker | For service to entomology through research and identification of new beetle species, as an author, and to science education. |
| Reginald Jack Barrett | For service to the community of Coonamble through a range of rural, school and church bodies. |
| Francis John Bartlett | For service to the community of Beaudesert, particularly through a range of civic and welfare organisations. |
| Michael Bernard Barton | For service to medicine, particularly radiation oncology, through a range of clinical, research, education and professional development roles. |
| Annie Muriel Barwell | For service to children's literature as a member of the Western Australian Branch of the Children's Book Council of Australia. |
| Lois Mary Beard | For service to the community of Brighton, particularly elderly people, and through support for charitable organisations. |
| Ivor Euston Beatty | For service to conservation and the environment as a publisher of scientific material, and to the community through Cystic Fibrosis New South Wales. |
| Michael John Beavis | For service to the welfare of veterans and their families, particularly through the Ocean Grove Sub-Branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia. |
| Kenneth Leo Bedggood | For service to the welfare of veterans and their families, and to the community of Tarcutta. |
| Stanley George Bennett | For service to athletics in Queensland through the development of young athletes and as an official and administrator. |
| Terrence Joseph Blake | For service to polocrosse through a range of administrative roles and as a coach and umpire. |
| Robert William Boden | For service to horticulture, particularly through contributions to the development of the Australian National Botanic Gardens, and to the preservation of the natural environment. |
| John Michael Bounds | For service to medicine as a general practitioner, to professional and health care organisations, and to the community. |
| Dianne Betty Bradley | For service to the community through the Anglican Church of Australia. |
| Jean Boreham Bradley | For service to the community, particularly through the Queensland Branch of the Country Women's Association of Australia. |
| Wayne Anthony Bradley | For service to cricket through a range of administrative roles, and to the community of Deniliquin as a contributor to the development of junior sport. |
| Nancy Dora Bransden | For service to the community of Burnie, particularly through the Guides movement and aged care organisations. |
| Helen Ivy Brayne | For service to the community of Griffith and the Riverina through a range of local government, civic, tourism and library organisations. |
| Clive Desmond Brickhill | For service to veterans through a range of roles with the Returned and Services League of Australia, and to the community. |
| Peter Brokensha | For service to arts administration, particularly through the establishment of the Argyle Arts Centre, to programs supporting Indigenous arts and crafts people, and to the community. |
| Peggy Nampijimpa Brown | For service to the community of Yuendumu and the surrounding region of the Northern Territory through programs addressing substance abuse among Indigenous youth. |
| Ralph Richard Bryant | For service to the community through the Rotary Club of Toukley and the Central Coast Festival of the Arts. |
| Mary Josephine Budwee | For service to the community through the Catholic Church of Australia, particularly fundraising activities for educational and other facilities. |
| Joachim (Achim) Burmeister | For service to Australian-German relations through the promotion of social, cultural and business opportunities, particularly in Western Australia. |
| Peter Gerrard Burrows | For service to veterans, the Scottish community of the Australian Capital Territory, and to a range of sporting and youth organisations. |
| John Charles Burt | For service to education, particularly through the Ballarat Specialist School, and to the community through a range of sporting and service organisations. |
| Harold Keith (Joe) Byrne | For service to veterans and their families, particularly through the Ramsgate Sub-Branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia. |
| Ronald James Calman | For service to the community through the Royal Volunteer Coastal Patrol. |
| Bruce Gordon Campbell | For service to sailing through a range of yachting organisations, to the preservation of military history, and to the real estate industry. |
| Peter Matthew Campbell | For service to the community through support for a range of civic, cultural, horticultural, youth and senior citizen organisations, and to the real estate industry. |
| Alison Raie Carlson | For service to education through the University of the Third Age, and to the community. |
| Allan Carmichael | For service to medicine as an educator and administrator through a range of government and professional organisations, particularly in the field of paediatrics. |
| Thomas McLeod Carmichael | For service to the community of the Yarrawonga district through a range of church, local government, emergency service, educational, and sporting organisations. |
| Thomas Joseph Case | For service to the community through a range of health, local government, education, charitable and sporting organisations. |
| Helen Mary Cannon | For service to the community, particularly through choral and musical activities within the Anglican Church. |
| Jack Bearne Chapman | For service to the community through a range of church and service organisations, particularly in the field of choral performance, and to the optical lens manufacturing industry. |
| Alan Bruce Chater | For service to rural and remote medicine through a range of professional and allied organisations, and within the community of Theodore. |
| Maxwell Gerry Cherry | For service to athletics as a coach and mentor at local, state and national levels. |
| Thomas Edward Childs | For service to the preservation of the history of the Australian Light Horse, and to the ex-service community. |
| Donald Lyston Chisholm | For service to the community as a legal practitioner, and to people with disabilities through the provision of employment and educational opportunities. |
| Edward Albert Chitham | For service to veterans and their families through a range of ex-service and health care organisations. |
| Winifred Pearl Christison | For service to the community, particularly through a range of aged care and church organisations. |
| Emily Jeanette Clifton | For service to rural health, particularly through cancer support and health care organisations, and to the community. |
| Shirley Moore Clifton | For service to the community of Coonabarabran, particularly to youth through the Guiding movement and to the development of local equestrian sports. |
| John Alexander Clough | For service to the community of Wagga Wagga, particularly through Rotary International and the World Probus movement. |
| Rino Codognotto | For service to the community as a restaurateur. |
| James Ronald (Ron) Court | For service to people with disabilities, particularly through Technical Aid to the Disabled, and to the La Trobe Valley Yacht Club. |
| Kerry Cousins | For service to palliative care nursing as a leader in clinical assessment, knowledge and research, and in teaching and mentoring roles. |
| Phillip Gilbert Cousins | For service to the community of the Hunter region through a range of first aid, rescue and sporting organisations and the surf lifesaving movement. |
| Judith Ann Cowan | For service to people with a hearing disability, particularly through contributions to speech therapy programs, and to the community. |
| Keith Malcolm Cox | For service to nursing, particularly in the field of oncology, and to the community through a range of youth, church and welfare organisations. |
| Stewart Edward Cox | For service to the community of the Northern Territory through a range of sporting and civic organisations, and to the insurance industry. |
| Barbara Elizabeth Craig | For service to medicine in the areas of palliative care, women's health and medical ethics; and to the community. |
| Doris Crerar | For service to the Australian ginger processing industry through managerial and administrative roles and executive positions with industry bodies, and to the communities of Buderim and Maroochydore. |
| Barrie John Crichton | For service to the surf lifesaving movement through a range of executive roles at state, regional and club levels, and as a competitor and coach. |
| Brian Lawrence Cross | For service to religious education, particularly through the Australian Catholic University, to the promotion of ecumenism and interfaith dialogue, and to the community. |
| Arthur John Cummins | For service to veterans, particularly through the Returned and Services League of Australia. |
| Allen John Cunneen | For service to the community through disaster recovery coordination and management, particularly public infrastructure, following Tropical Cyclone Larry in 2006. |
| Kim Maxwell Dalton | For service to the film and television industry as a leader in policy debate amongst government agencies and the industry, as a mentor of independent and Indigenous producers, and as a promoter of emerging visual technology. |
| Michael Patrick Daly | For service to medicine, particularly to veterans in the fields of counselling and stress related illness. |
| Michael William Dann | For service to veterans, particularly through the Aircrew Association, and to the community. |
| Marjorie Ann Davis | For service to the development of the aviation industry through a range of executive and administrative roles, particularly with aero clubs. |
| Peter Leonard Dealy | For service to the community, particularly through roles with a range of ex-service, youth and agricultural organisations. |
| Ronald Joseph Dean | For service to Rugby League football in the Manly Warringah district. |
| Norman Harold Deane | For service to sailing as a competitor, coach and in administrative roles, and to the community through a range of charitable, service and church groups. |
| Vincent John de Lorenzo | For service to the hairdressing industry through business and educational activities, and for research and development of hair care products. |
| Graham James Dempsey | For service to the community, particularly through the Royal Victorian Association of Honorary Justices, the Australian Red Cross Blood Service and Rotary International. |
| John Henry Dening | For service to the welfare of veterans and their families through a range of roles with ex-service organisations. |
| Sergio de Pieri | For service to the arts as an organ teacher, composer and performer, and to the community through the establishment of music festivals. |
| Harold Lancelot de Sayrah | For service to the community through Lions Australia and as a supporter of humanitarian aid projects in Sri Lanka. |
| Jacqui Douglas | For service to the community of the Western Sydney region through a range of roles with cultural, Indigenous and welfare groups. |
| Margaret Isobel Douglas | For service to the community through the provision of support services to the aged. |
| Thomas Adrian Dumaresq | For service to the community as a supporter of humanitarian aid projects, and through a range of roles with environmental, church, education and emergency services groups. |
| Bernard Phillip Dunn | For service to the Victorian Parliament, local government, the agriculture sector and the community of Horsham. |
| Margaret Eve Dutton | For service to local government, and to the community through a range of aged care, charitable, educational and service groups. |
| Peter Stanley Dwyer | For service to optometry through executive roles in professional organisations, the establishment of a nationally consistent competency-based approach to the registration of practitioners and as a researcher in the field of paediatrics. |
| Susan Dyer | For service to the performing arts, particularly the development of amateur musical theatre through executive, administrative and acting roles. |
| Maureen Palmer Eddy | For service to the community of Marulan and district through local government and a range of service, arts and charitable organisations. |
| Elisabeth Mary Edgar | For service to the communities of Harrow and Edenhope through health, tourism and sporting organisations. |
| Helen Mary Edwards | For service to the community of Barwon Heads, particularly through the Anglican Church of Australia, and to education. |
| Thomas George Eiszele | For service to the community through providing assistance to refugees settling in the Hobart area. |
| Avril Robin Everingham | For service to arts administration, particularly as a fundraiser and event organiser for musical and operatic groups. |
| Jill Faddy | For service to psychology, particularly through the provision of mental health services in New South Wales, and as a contributor to a range of professional and community organisations. | [6] |
| Cecile Frances Falvey | For service to the promotion and development of the textile sector through a range of professional associations and as an educator, particularly in the field of weaving. |
| Bruce Gordon Fell-Smith | For service to humanitarian aid through the establishment of the Talpe Rehabilitation and Development Trust in Sri Lanka. |
| Roy Joseph (Tem) Fish | For service to the community of Oatlands, particularly through local government and health organisations, and to the horseracing and gaming industries. |
| Elizabeth Mary Fisher | For service to the community of the Forster region through palliative care and service organisations. |
| Kevin Dominic Fisher | For service to veterans through the South Australian Division of the Royal Australian Air Force Association, and to youth development. |
| Mary Michael Fitzgerald | For service to education as a music teacher, particularly piano, violin and singing, and to the community of Parkes and the surrounding region. |
| Margaret Flint | For service to the Anglican Church of Australia in a range of committee roles, and to the community through women's organisations. |
| James Raymond Forsyth | For service to the dairy industry, particularly as a facilitator of structural change and through a range of professional organisations. |
| Everett Charles Foster | For service to the conservation of Australian native orchids, and to the community of the Geelong region through heritage, church and sporting organisations |
| Michael Stewart Fozard | For service to the community of the Baw Baw Shire through a range of service, youth, local government, civic, environmental, tourism and sporting organisations. |
| John Gavan Fraser | For service to tennis at state, national and international levels through administrative roles, and to sports medicine. |
| Howard Alan Freeman | For service to the Jewish community, particularly through the preservation of historical documents. |
| Robert Wemyss Frewin | For service to the real estate industry, particularly through executive roles with professional organisations, and to the community through charitable, aged care, sporting and service groups. |
| John Franklyn Fuhrmann | For service to the development of sport and recreation policy in Western Australia, and for contributions to a range of sporting organisations as an administrator, particularly for Australian Rules football. |
| Paul Galy Galambos | For service to the community as a medical grade footwear practitioner and manufacturer. |
| Peter Robert Gallagher | For service to the horseracing industry in Queensland as an administrator. |
| David Marc Ganon | For service to the Jewish community of Perth through a range of religious, aged care and charitable organisations. |
| Eric Edward (Joe) Gibson | For service to the community of Condobolin through ex-service, charitable and sporting organisations. |
| Robert Henry Gillespie | For service to older persons, particularly through executive roles in the Probus movement. |
| Ian George Gilmore | For service to the community, particularly through a range of ex-service, engineering and military bodies. |
| Loretta Rae Giorelli | For service to education as a teacher, university lecturer and consultant in the area of special education, particularly with regard to improving the learning outcomes of students with special needs in mainstream education. |
| Max Graham | For service to local government and to the community of Nambucca, particularly through a range of charitable, aged care, disability support and emergency service organisations. |
| David Ross Grant | For service to the community through the lifesaving movement, particularly the Royal Life Saving Society Australia, Victoria. |
| Paul Francis Grew | For service to the community through a range of educational, health care and social welfare organisations. |
| Richard Ware Griffin | For service to the surf lifesaving movement, particularly through the Freshwater Surf Life Saving Club. |
| Maxwell Gordon Hall | For service to the community through service groups and sporting organisations. |
| Wallace Halpin | For service to the surf lifesaving movement as an administrator, instructor and official, and to youth through a range of sporting clubs. |
| Dorothy Hancock | For service to the community through ex-service, social welfare and migrant assistance organisations, and as a supporter of junior golf. |
| Peter Rex Harcourt | For service to sports medicine as a practitioner, administrator and educator, and through contributions to the development of anti-doping policies in sport. |
| Colin Gregory Hardy | For service to the country music industry as a singer and recording artist, and to the community through the delivery of outreach zoological education programs in regional areas. |
| Vonda Maude Hardy | For service to the community of Deloraine, particularly through a range of aged care organisations. |
| Hilton Samuel Harmer | For service to the community through The Salvation Army, particularly as a court chaplain. |
| Joyce Alice Harmer | For service to the community through The Salvation Army, particularly as a court chaplain. |
| Brian William Harris | For service to the trade union movement, particularly through representation of employees in the local government sector. |
| Gilbert Beric Hartwig | For service to the environment through conservation activities, particularly feral animal control, and to the sport of shooting. |
| John Vernon Harvey | For service to the brewing industry, particularly through the Institute of Brewing and Distilling, and to the community through Rotary International. |
| William John Harvey | For service to dentistry as a practitioner and educator in the area of orthodontics, and to the community through support for charitable and church organisations. |
| Neil Lawrence Harwood | For service to sport, particularly through executive roles with table tennis organisations, and to the community as a contributor to a range of horticultural groups. |
| Mohamed Ahmed Hassan | For service to education and to the Islamic community, particularly as the founding Director of Minaret College. |
| Flora Jean Haste | For service to the community of Wagga Wagga through arts and charitable organisations, and to the field of accountancy. |
| John Leslie Hawes | For service to the welfare of veterans and their families through the Returned and Services League of Australia. |
| Terrence Leslie Hearity | For service to the community through fundraising and administrative roles with a range of charitable and social welfare organisations. |
| Robert James Henderson | For service to people with an intellectual disability through L'Arche Australia and as an advocate for human rights in Tasmania. |
| Richard Allen Herr | For service to higher education in the field of political science, as a commentator on national and international political issues, and to the community. |
| John Wellisley Hiatt | For service to the community through administrative roles in the horseracing industry, as a supporter of Rugby League football in the Penrith area, and to the law. |
| John William Hocking | For service to youth through the Scouting movement, and to the community of Glen Eira. |
| Ian Keith Hodges | For service to the community, particularly through a range of police-related organisations. |
| Robert Edgcumbe (Bob) Holloway | For service to primary industry, particularly as a contributor to dryland farming research and development. |
| Raymond Vincent Hughes | For service to the community through the Scouting movement and local church roles. |
| William Bloxsome Hughes | For service to the community of Glen Innes, particularly through the agricultural show movement and through a range of heritage, arts and service organisations. |
| Norman Winter Hunter | For service to education, particularly in the independent schools sector, and as a contributor to curriculum and professional development in Queensland. |
| Leonard Victor Hurley | For service to the community, particularly through the Norah Head Search and Rescue Boat Club. |
| Penny Hurst | For service to the Jewish community, particularly through the United Israel Appeal of Australia and through fundraising for educational organisations. |
| John Joseph Hynes | For service to veterans through the 2/1 Field Regiment Association. |
| Alexander Ilyn | For service to the Russian community, particularly through cultural, arts, educational and children's organisations. |
| Gregory Alan Ingersole | For service to the community through the Scouting movement and emergency service organisations. |
| Darryl Rodney Jacob | For service to the community of Burrumbuttock, particularly through the development of the Wirraminna Environmental Education Centre. |
| Violette Jameson | For service to the arts community of the Gympie-Cooloola region. |
| Norman William Jenner | For service to the community, particularly through the Rotary Club of Toowoomba South and as a supporter of health and aged care, church, sporting and youth organisations. |
| Laurence Michael (Larry) Jennett | For service to surf lifesaving as an administrator, coach and competitor, and to the community of the Illawarra region through a range of sporting, church and educational groups. |
| Barry Charles Jiggins | For service to communities in Mongolia through the provision of humanitarian aid to the residents of the Gobi Desert region. |
| Louanne Johns | For service to the community through Camp Quality South Australia. |
| Doreen Edna Johns | For service to the community through children's ministry within the Anglican Church. |
| Raymond John Jones | For service to science through pasture and animal research benefiting the ruminant livestock industry. |
| Kevin Robert Kakoschke | For service to the community through the preservation of the history of Radium Hill. |
| Gwenda Dawn Kappe | For service to the community of Kangaroo Island through a range of welfare, charitable and cultural organisations. |
| Jill Elizabeth Keefe | For service to public health, particularly in the area of vision testing, and as a contributor to the advancement of eye care education and practice. |
| Jack Kelly | For service to the community through the brass band movement, and to music education. |
| William Martin Kelly | For service to the community of Coonabarabran, particularly as a contributor to health sector development and through a range of service organisations. |
| Patrick James (Pat) Kerin | For service to cricket and Australian Rules football in the Cootamundra region. |
| John Brailsford Kinsman | For service to the Anglican Church and to the community, particularly as a contributor to the establishment of Trinity College, Gawler. |
| Merrill Adele Kitchen | For service to religion and to the community as a leader of volunteer work groups to the Nazareth Hospital, Israel, and as a contributor in the field of theological education. |
| Anthony Knight | For service to heritage conservation and the arts in Victoria, particularly through the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) and associated organisations, and through the promotion of Indigenous art. |
| Peter Joseph Kolliner | For service to the Jewish community through cultural and religious organisations, to materials engineering and metallurgical education, and to the arts and tourism promotion in Melbourne. |
| Henry Krug | For service to the Jewish community, particularly through the activities of B'nai B'rith. |
| Audrey Elizabeth Lamb | For service to public health and to the community, particularly through the Hepatitis C Council of New South Wales. |
| Harry Bradshaw Lambeth | For service to the community, particularly to youth through the Scouting movement. |
| Betty Denice Lane | For service to horseracing, particularly as a trainer and promoter of the role of women in the sport. |
| Edward Larsen | For service to surf lifesaving through a range of coaching and administrative roles. |
| Shirley Lawrence | For service to the community through fundraising for the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. |
| Terence Henderson Lee | For service to viticulture and to the wine industry through research and development organisations, wine industry bodies and government advisory roles in Australia and overseas, and through tertiary education in the fields of viticulture and oenology. |
| Lewis David Leicester | For service to the community through ex-service, heritage and local government organisations. |
| Esta Levy | For service to the Jewish community, particularly through the Jewish Centre on Ageing. |
| John Kevin Liston | For service to the community of Pambula through educational, church, service and social welfare organisations. |
| Charles Lynn Little | For service to the arts as an actor and lecturer in theatre appreciation, particularly for mature-age people in the community. |
| Graham Neville Lloyd | For service to youth through the Scouting movement and through the Uniting Church. |
| Mary Loy (née Allitt) | For service to sport through women's cricket, and as a horseriding instructor and equestrian judge. |
| Keith Montague Lush | For service to the community through the Richmond Fellowship of New South Wales,and to veterans and their families. |
| Percy Douglas Lyall | For service to the community through ex-service, church, youth and musical groups. |
| Alexander Hugh (Lex) McAulay | For service to literature as a military historian. | [7] |
| Cheryl Patricia McBride | For service to education as a school principal, teacher and advocate for children with autism and other disabilities, and to the community of Campbelltown through legal aid organisations and public housing projects. |
| William James McCormack | For service to the community of Wangaratta and district through local government, emergency services, and sporting organisations. |
| Ann Margaret McGrath | For service to education, particularly in the field of Indigenous history, as a teacher, researcher and author, and through leadership roles with a range of history-related organisations. |
| John Lachlan McInnes | For service to the community through educational, social welfare and sporting organisations and through roles in business and commerce. |
| Gabrielle Antonia McIntosh | For service to education for disadvantaged youth through the establishment of the Blacktown Youth College. |
| Moya McKeon | For service to the community of Beenleigh, particularly through Quota International. |
| Ian William McKinley | For service to music as an educator, conductor, singer, organist and composer. |
| Norman William Maddock | For service to the Victorian tramways, particularly through the Malvern Tramways Museum and as a union official. |
| Mary Magee | For service to pharmacy, and to the community, particularly through roles supporting the advancement of women. |
| Stephen James Maitland | For service to the community through the Surf Life Saving Foundation and the Caloundra Surf Life Saving Club. |
| John Stuart Maloney | For service to education, particularly in the field of financial management of independent schools, through executive roles with professional organisations, and to the Old Wesley Collegians' Association. |
| Clayton Robson (Clay) Manners | For service to the dairy industry, particularly through policy contributions to national dairy and agricultural organisations and as an advocate for dairy farmers. |
| Peter Richard Mansfield | For service to medicine, particularly as an advocate for ethical pharmaceutical marketing practices and the quality use of medicines in Australia and in developing countries. |
| Elizabeth Anne (Liz) Martin | For service to the road transport industry through the National Road Transport Hall of Fame and through support for families in the industry. |
| Judith Bernice Martin | For service to the community through the support programs of Endeavour Ministries. |
| Michael John Martin | For service to the community through educational and sporting organisations in the Northern Territory and through the promotion of professional financial accounting standards in public and private sector roles. |
| Norma Joyce Massey | For service to lawn bowls as a player at local, state, national and international levels and through executive positions with bowling organisations. |
| Ross David Matthews | For service to the community through surf lifesaving and the New South Wales State Emergency Service. |
| Jordan Mavros | For service to the community of Geelong, particularly through executive roles in a range of multicultural organisations. |
| Patrick Mells | For service to the community of Gawler, particularly through Lions Australia. |
| Susan Anne Metcalfe | For service to the community as a contributor to the development of music education and performance in the Armidale district. |
| Aleck Miller | For service to the community through a range of Freemasonry, Jewish and sporting organisations and roles. |
| Johnny Japangardi Miller | For service to the community of Yuendumu and the surrounding region of the Northern Territory through programs addressing substance abuse among Indigenous youth. |
| Phyllis June Miller | For service to local government and the community through executive and representational roles in state level local government associations in New South Wales. |
| Deborah Gale Mills | For service to people with disabilities in north west Sydney through the programs of North West Disability Services Inc. |
| Yvonne Leslie Moon | For service to the community, particularly through the Rotary Against Ovarian Cancer program. |
| Cathy Joyce Mooney | For service to the community through fundraising and promotional activities of the Leukaemia Foundation of New South Wales. |
| Dorothy Joan Moore | For service to the community of Moora, particularly through a range of women's, aged care and welfare organisations. |
| Michael Andrew Moran | For service to the community of Nambucca Shire through local government, and to the surf lifesaving movement. |
| Kevin Moriarty | For service to medicine as an anaesthetist and through honorary medical appointments at the Royal Melbourne Zoo and surf lifesaving organisations. |
| Joseph Ronald Muir | For service to the wool industry as a sheep shearer for over 60 years. |
| Ronald Leslie Mullen | For service to the community as a foster carer and also as a pastoral care worker at William Angliss Hospital. |
| Brian Audley Mullins | For service to the community, particularly through the Telstra Communications Museum. |
| Colin Alexander Munro | For service to regional Australia through the promotion and preservation of rural culture, particularly through television and radio. |
| Anne Patricia Murphy | For service to the community of Victoria, particularly through local government, health and child safety organisations. |
| Peter Joseph Murphy | For service to the community of the Northern Territory through journalism and as a political adviser. |
| Lynn Kenneth Murrell | For service to conservation and the environment through organisations involved with natural resource management and protection, and to local government. |
| Mr John Dallas Nettleford | For service to medicine, particularly as a surgeon in rural South Australia, and to the community. |
| Charles Harold New | For service to medicine as an orthopaedic surgeon and through contributions to professional associations. |
| Margaret Ann Newman | For service to the community through a range of service groups, including Rotary International and Inner Wheel Australia. |
| Jack Newton | For service to golf, particularly through a range of executive, youth development and fundraising roles. |
| John Lonsdale Newton | For service to the community of the Upper Gascoyne Shire, particularly through local government and health organisations. |
| Bach Tuyet Nguyen | For service to the Vietnamese community as a radio broadcaster and through involvement with cultural groups, and as a supporter of charitable organisations. |
| Julia Mary Nicholls | For service to veterinary science through professional organisations, as a contributor to policy and professional standards development and as a mentor, particularly for overseas trained veterinarians. |
| Roger Baillie Nicholson | For service to the community, particularly through support for youth organisations including Very Special Kids. |
| Christine Marianne Nicol-Burmeister | For service to Australian-German relations through the promotion of social, cultural and business opportunities, particularly in Western Australia. |
| Iris Irene Nicolaides | For service to the Greek community, particularly through the Women's Auxiliary of the Greek Orthodox Community of St George, and through support for Australian Red Cross Queensland. |
| Christopher Raymond (Chris) Norwood | For service to the community of the Australian Capital Territory through Probus, Rotary International and tennis organisations. |
| Petar Novakovic | For service to medicine through the provision of ophthalmological services to people in remote areas of south west Queensland. |
| Henry Francis O'Halloran | For service to education as a teacher and administrator in the Catholic sector. |
| Carmel Rose O'Hara | For service to the community of the Catholic Parish of West Wollongong as a volunteer in the church and as a member of a range of Catholic support groups. |
| John Myles O'Reilly | For service to the community of Tweed Heads through a range of horticultural, church and service organisations. |
| Shirley Margaret O'Sullivan | For service to education, particularly in the area of parental and guardian support through the Melbourne Catholic Education Office. |
| Noela May Oswin | For service to the community through the Queensland Country Women's Association and the Mother's Union of Australia. |
| Frank James Owen | For service to veterans and their families through the Morphett Vale and District Sub-Branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia, and to the community of Onkaparinga. |
| Ruth Tagala Palmani | For service to multiculturalism, particularly through assistance and support to the Filipino community in south east Queensland. |
| Alan George Parker | For service to dentistry, particularly in the field of orthodontics and oral and maxillofacial trauma management. |
| Harold David Paroissien | For service to the community particularly through the Scouting movement and aged care organisations. |
| Dennis Patisteas | For service to the Greek community through charitable, church, ex-service and business organisations. |
| Lindsay Sinclair Paton | For service to the community, particularly through roles within the surf lifesaving movement in New South Wales. |
| Ronald Ernest Pears | For service to the community, particularly through a range of roles at national, state and local levels within the surf lifesaving movement. |
| Anne Mary (Annie) Phelan | For service to the arts as an actress, and to the community, particularly through support for women living with the HIV virus and for asylum seekers and refugees. |
| Stephen Roberts Phillips | For service to the medical profession and the community as an advocate for public health issues and as a promoter of the safe and effective use of medicines, particularly through the National Prescribing Service. |
| John Douglas Philp | For service to primary industry as a grain and seed supplier and through contributions to the development of the industry, and to the community. |
| Edward Arthur Pickett | For service to a range of sports as a player and coach at state and national levels, and through support for young sports people. |
| Harry John Pickett | For service to the community through a range of charitable and service organisations, particularly through the activities of Rotary International, and to the meat industry. |
| William Charles Pimm | For service to industrial relations through contributions to the development of effective outcomes and practices in the private and government sectors. |
| Owen Watkins Powell | For service to medicine, particularly through hospital administration and support for the development of medical research, public policy and health service planning. |
| Maria Thérèse Prendergast | For service to the arts through support for museums, galleries and cultural events, and to the community, particularly through health care organisations. |
| Alfred Neil Preston | For service to people with intellectual disabilities, particularly through quality assurance and reform of disability employment services. |
| Elaine Pugh | For service to the community of Stanwell Park, particularly through the Country Women's Association of New South Wales. |
| Margaret Ellen Pugh | For service to swimming and primary school sport in Queensland through a range of executive roles |
| James (Jim) Purcell | For service to the community of Gladstone through a range of roles with the Voluntary Marine Rescue Service. |
| Neil Ronald Purcell | For service to the community, particularly through roles within the surf lifesaving movement. |
| Bevil Victor Purnell | For service to the community as a volunteer to a range of organisations providing assistance and welfare to refugees. |
| Dorothy May Pyatt | For service to the community through the recording and preservation of the history and heritage of South Australian police through the South Australian Police Historical Society. |
| Debra Jane Quabba | For service to the community of Babinda, particularly following the events caused by Tropical Cyclone Larry on 20 March 2006. |
| Kenneth Philip Railton | For service to the welfare of current and former service personnel and their families as a senior executive with a range of defence organisations. |
| Colleen Hazel Rankin | For service to the community of the Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale as an elected member of local government and through a range of aged care, youth and environmental organisations. |
| Kurt Rathner | For service to the Jewish community through fundraising, youth and education organisations. |
| Kamalakaran Harry Ratnam | For service to medicine in the area of general practice, and to the community of Ipswich. |
| Joan Florence Rich | For service to the community, particularly as a volunteer for the Australian Capital Territory Division of the Australian Red Cross. |
| Frederick John Richards | For service to the community of the Moira Shire, particularly as a contributor to health sector development, and to the newsagency industry through the Victorian Authorised Newsagents Association. |
| Sam Richardson | For service to small business as an industry leader and a proponent of the interests of the independent wholesale and retail sectors. |
| Maureen Mary Riches | For service to the Indigenous community as an advocate for reconciliation and native title and through the fostering of multiculturalism in the community of Ballarat. |
| Mervyn Desmond Riddle | For service to the community through veterans, school sports and church organisations. |
| Charles William Riley | For service to furthering the sport of gliding in Australia and promoting tourism in the Tocumwal area. |
| Gordon Edward Robert | For service to the community through a range of youth and sporting organisations, and to the engineering profession. |
| Peter Rogers | For service to the community as a volunteer with a range of charitable organisations, and to education as a teacher and sports administrator. |
| Colin McIntosh Rose | For service to the community of Taree as a medical practitioner and through a number of charitable organisations. |
| Janet Ross | For service to rural communities in south west Victoria through health administration roles and service organisations. |
| Peter Russell Rutley | For service to youth through the Scouting movement, and to the community through charitable and service organisations. |
| Denis Leslie Ryan | For service to the community through Foodbank Western Australia. |
| Gavin Sandford-Morgan | For service to the preservation and restoration of vintage and veteran cars, and to the community. | [8] |
| Martin Francis Sayers | For service to the floriculture industry, particularly as a plant propagator and advocate for the development and growth of the protea and native flower sector. |
| Murray William Sayle | For service to media and communications, particularly as a foreign and war correspondent. |
| Dulcie Margaret Schnitzerling | For service to the community of Babinda, particularly through support for emergency services following the events caused by Tropical Cyclone Larry on 20 March 2006. |
| Leonard Arthur Schulz | For service to veterans and their families, particularly through the Ryde City and Districts Sub-Branch of the Vietnam Veterans' Association of Australia. |
| Ian Joseph Scobie | For service to the community of Holbrook through health, educational and ex-service organisations and through local government. |
| Geraldine Frances Scott | For service to the community of Devonport, particularly through the Devonport Eisteddfod Society. |
| Vernon James Scott | For service to the welfare of ex-service personnel and their families, and to the community of Heyfield. |
| Albert Alexander Selig | For service to the Jewish community in Sydney |
| Maurice Rea Sexton | For service to heritage conservation, particularly through the Kosciuszko Huts Association, and to the community of Canberra. |
| Alan Seymour | For service to the arts as a playwright and writer of screenplays, television scripts and novel adaptations. |
| Peter Feild Sharwood | For service to medicine as an orthopaedic surgeon, and to the community. |
| Wolfgang (Wally) Sievers | For service to the taxi industry in South Australia through administrative roles with a range of bodies. |
| Peter Jakob Silberstein | For service to medicine, particularly as a paediatric neurologist, and through executive roles with disability support organisations. |
| Barry Skews | For service to the community, particularly as a foster parent, and to organisations supporting disadvantaged children and youth. |
| Lynette Skews | For service to the community, particularly as a foster parent, and to organisations supporting disadvantaged children and youth. |
| David Murray Skinner | For service to the agricultural show movement, and to the community through Lions International. |
| Donato (Don) Smarrelli | For service to multiculturalism and to the community of Melbourne, particularly through fundraising activities for organisations involved in medical research. |
| Alan Bennett Smith | For service to the community of the Riverland region, particularly through the Murray River Skippers Association and charitable, ex-service and sporting organisations. |
| Graeme Robert Smith | For service to animal welfare through The Lost Dogs' Home, and to sport through junior soccer development. |
| Charmaine Maureen Solomon | For service to food media, particularly as the author of Asian cookery books. |
| Sandra Joy Southwell-Stevens | For service to the community as a foster carer of children and pre-adoptive newborns, and through support for young families. |
| Warren John Starick | For service to primary industry, particularly through egg and poultry sector organisations, and to the community. |
| Alan Frank Still | For service to the community through Rotary International as a provider of sponsorship for the education of children in Indonesia. |
| Andrew William Stojanovski | For service to the community of Yuendumu and the surrounding region of the Northern Territory through programs addressing substance abuse among Indigenous youth. |
| Jim Stynes | For service to youth, particularly through the establishment and development of the Reach Foundation, and to Australian Rules football as a player, coach and selector. |
| Jeanette May Suhr | For service to the community through the establishment and development of the Road Trauma Support Team in Victoria. |
| David Alan Swain | For service to surf lifesaving through a range of roles at a national, state and club level. |
| Marjorie May Swales | For service to the welfare of women, particularly those within the prison system and those recently released, and their families. |
| Thomaΐy Szegedi | For service to women with breast cancer and their families through the Thomaiy Breast Cancer Research Fund, and to the fashion industry. |
| Giuseppe Antonio Talia | For service to the arts, particularly through the development of the Melbourne City Opera. |
| Marcelle Rosa Tanner | For service to the community as a performer and through fundraising activities. |
| Marcus Robert Tawton | For service to the community, particularly to young people through the Canberra Police and Citizens Youth Club. |
| Glen Kevyn Taylor | For service to the environment through the Natural History Society of South Australia. |
| Clarence Rodney Thomas | For service to local government, and to the community of the Riverland region through welfare and service organisations. |
| Gordon Alan Toms | For service to the community of Wauchope through a range of service, church and sporting organisations. |
| For service to veterans and their families through a range of welfare and historical organisations. |
| Namgyel Tsering | For service to the Tibetan community through raising cultural awareness and providing support for refugees. |
| Henry Ung | For service to the community of Gayndah as a medical practitioner |
| Elaine le Neve Unkles | For service to physiotherapy and health administration, and to the community through the Wesley Mission Brisbane. |
| Walter Thomas Upton | For service to the conservation, cultivation and recognition of native Australian orchids. |
| Aldo Vacca | For service to medicine in the field of obstetrics and gynaecology, particularly through the research and promotion of the technique of vacuum extraction delivery in obstetric practice. |
| Gerrit (Gerry) Van Burgel | For service to the community of Harvey, particularly through local government, health, emergency, agricultural, youth and service organisations. |
| Joy Van de Meene | For service to people with a disability, particularly through Crossroads Queensland Holiday Tours. |
| Henk Vogels | For service to the sport of cycling, particularly as a supporter of junior competitors and through a range of administrative, coaching and officiating roles. |
| Francis William Voutier | For service to veterans and their families, particularly as a fundraiser through the Croyden Sub-Branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia. |
| Joan Wakeford | For service to the community, particularly through the development of mental health services in the Hunter New England area. |
| Kenneth Russell Ward | For service to veterans and their families, particularly through the Padstow Sub-Branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia and a range of naval organisations. |
| Nancy Elaine Waters | For service to the community of Kiama, particularly through the agricultural show Suamovement. |
| Susan Patricia Watson | For service to the community, particularly through charitable organisations, and to local government. |
| Patricia Margaret Watts | For service to the community of Willoughby. |
| Margaret Maddern Webb | For service to education as Principal of Toorak College, to the promotion and development of outdoor learning initiatives, and to Girls Sport Victoria. |
| Peter Roderick Webb | For service to the arts as a musician, conductor, composer and teacher. |
| Edward Christian (Ted) Webber | For service to Rugby League football, and to the community of the Wide Bay region, particularly through the development and support of vocational education programs. |
| Avice Wells | For service to the community of Tweed Heads through View Clubs of Australia and the War Widows' Guild of Australia. |
| Nancy Elaine Wendon | For service to the community of Wyong, particularly through the Toukley and District Senior Citizens Club, and to local government. |
| Harold Francis West | For service to the community through a range of local government, ex-service, civic and youth organisations. |
| Betty Eirene White | For service to nursing, particularly as a nurse educator, and to the community through the University of the Third Age |
| Phillip Stanley White | For service to the community through the promotion of military history as a member of the Victorian Branch of the Vietnam Veterans Association of Australia |
| Shirley Josephine White | For service to people with a disability, particularly through The House with No Steps. |
| Norma Irene Whitfield | For service to veterans and their families, particularly through the War Widows' Guild of Australia. |
| Christopher Gordon Whittall | For service to the community, particularly through church, health sector and youth support roles in the Rockhampton region. |
| Jean Cecilia Wickham | For service to the community through local government, charitable, health and aged care organisations. |
| Ellen Widdowson | For service to the community of Bundaberg through a range of cultural and social welfare organisations. |
| Michael Thurin Wille | For service to health administration in Queensland through a range of organisations, and to the commercial biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. |
| Harold William (Bill) Williams | For service to the coal mining industry in Western Australia, particularly through the establishment of education and training initiatives. |
| Frederick Ross Wilson | For service to medicine as a general practitioner through the provision of medical services and training in rural and remote areas. |
| Robin Jean Wilson | For service to the community through the provision of mental health services and to organisations that provide assisted accommodation for people who are unable to live independently. |
| Clifford Denise Wise | For service to the community, particularly through organisations that support people with disabilities. |
| Graeme Louis Woolacott | For service to the community through Rotary health and aid programs and throughthe Parent-Infant Research Institute. |
| Brett Walter Woolfitt | For service to rowing as an umpire, administrator and through a range of support roles. |
| Desborough Wright | For service to veterans and to the community of Mindarie through initiatives supporting the preservation of military history. |
| Neil Edwin Wykes | For service to the community through organisations concerned with the health care ofpeople in the criminal justice system, to the accountancy profession, and to charitable organisations. |
| Canon Honor Helen Yearsley | For service to the Anglican Church of Australia, particularly in Tasmania, in the field of Christian education and as an advocate of lay ministry and the ordination of women. |
| Stanley Yee | For service to the Chinese community through the hospitality industry, to aged care through administrative roles in nursing homes, and to support of cancer research organisations. |
| Beverley Gai Young | For service to people with disabilities, and to the preservation of Australian wildlife. |
| Tadeusz Henryk Zakrocynski | For service to the Polish community in South Australia. |
| John Raymond Zalcberg | For service to medicine in the field of oncology through initiatives to assist cancer patients and their families and through the promotion of clinical research. |
| Karoline (Karla) Zolshan | For service to the community through a range of charitable and welfare organisations, particularly within the Jewish community. | |
